Occupy Oakland Protester Sentenced To Six Months In Jail
A 24-year-old Elk Grove man has been sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation and restitution for his part in an Occupy Oakland demonstration last fall.
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A 24-year-old Elk Grove man has been sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation and restitution for his part in an Occupy Oakland demonstration last fall.
Museum workers held a protest at San Francisco's M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Friday night where 19 of those demonstrators were arrested at the Golden Gate Park art museum.
Protesters who organized a Labor Day cookout in front of City Manager Debra Figone's house Monday moved to the nearby Municipal Rose Garden after being cited by police.
Six protesters were arrested Thursday night for holding a sit-in inside President Obama's campaign headquarters in Oakland and refusing to leave.
Union officials say 27 protesters were arrested during a march by janitors through San Francisco's financial district.
Vandals have knocked down dozens of crosses on a Lafayette hillside that are part of a memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Oakland Friday night.
KCBS, CBS 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier weighs in on whether the Occupy Oakland movement is losing steam and losing members.
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The University of California, Berkeley will pay a photojournalist $162,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging campus police illegally searched his camera for photos of a student protest outside the chancellor's home.
One man was proud to be there with his wife and three children - sleeping in tents on the school courtyard for the past few days.
The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives, according to administration officials. The shift comes as immigration reform activists have occupied Obama's Oakland campaign headquarters.
Nearly 100 bicyclists were baring all this morning as they gathered along San Francisco's Embarcadero for the ninth annual San Francisco World Naked Bike Ride to protest a global dependency on fossil fuels.
Among the President's two stops on Wednesday will be a business roundtable right across the street from the former Occupy SF encampment.
One protester was arrested for felony vandalism during an anti-police march in Oakland Friday night, police said.
Occupy Oakland protesters disrupted a meeting Tuesday where city leaders were considering a law banning the use of homemade weapons by demonstrators.
Protesters have disrupted a University of California board meeting where officials are discussing a tuition increase to help close its budget shortfall.
Apple, Inc. was the target of some Greenpeace guerilla activism on Tuesday as environmental protesters called on the Cupertino company to use more renewable energy in their cloud data centers.
University of California police arrested nine people Monday morning who have been trying to make sure that a piece of the school's land in Albany is used for sustainable agriculture, a university spokesman said.
Activist farmers in Albany have packed up their encampment on UC Berkeley's Gill Tract to meet the university's Saturday 10 a.m. deadline. The 10-acre parcel of land, owned by UC, has been occupied by protesters since Earth Day nearly three weeks ago.
The University of California is willing to cease pursuing criminal prosecution against protesters who have been occupying Gill Tract in Albany, if they leave by 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Oakland city officials are asking members of the public to submit video or photographic evidence of vandalism associated with recent protests.
A crusade to get companies to pull their ads from publications owned by the Village Voice has reached the Bay Area, where the Voice owns SF Weekly.
Police have sealed off a patch of University of California, Berkeley land that has been occupied by protesters for nearly three weeks.
A California Highway Patrol was brought in to rescue a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion at Big Sur over the weekend.
The Trump administration began deploying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to some of the busiest airports in the country Monday morning.
Crude oil prices also dropped after President Trump said the administration had held "good and productive" peace talks with Iran.
A Chevron gas station in Menlo Park was empty on Sunday evening, with prices ranging from $7.49 to $7.89 per gallon.
It was a packed house at Sutter Health Park for the fifth battle between the Sacramento River Cats and the San Francisco Giants.
A California Highway Patrol was brought in to rescue a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion at Big Sur over the weekend.
The Trump administration began deploying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to some of the busiest airports in the country Monday morning.
Crude oil prices also dropped after President Trump said the administration had held "good and productive" peace talks with Iran.
A Chevron gas station in Menlo Park was empty on Sunday evening, with prices ranging from $7.49 to $7.89 per gallon.
It was a packed house at Sutter Health Park for the fifth battle between the Sacramento River Cats and the San Francisco Giants.
A Chevron gas station in Menlo Park was empty on Sunday evening, with prices ranging from $7.49 to $7.89 per gallon.
At a Sunday morning ceremony, they unveiled a lasting tribute to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for delivering the funding to power its trains into the future.
On Saturday, a pilot and former prisoner of that war was remembered for the life he lived and what his eventual return, captured in an iconic photograph, symbolized for the nation.
Relatives of a family of four killed in a car crash in San Francisco are angry and disappointed by the sentence handed down to the driver on Friday afternoon.
The community of Foster City on the Peninsula announced that they have been hit by a cybersecurity breach and are planning to declare a state of emergency.
A suspect was arrested after a man was found dead inside a Lafayette home on Saturday morning, police said.
An Oakland Fire Department dispatcher was honored on Friday in a ceremony where she met the parents of a baby she calmly helped deliver over the phone when the mother unexpectedly went into labor.
The Bay Area and Central Coast are expected to see one more day of record hot temperatures before relief arrives, as an unprecedented March heat wave entered its fifth day on Friday.
The second of two rescued tigers being cared for at the Oakland Zoo was euthanized after it was recently diagnosed with cancer, the zoo announced.
Voters in Alameda County may decide on a proposal later this year that would raise the county's minimum wage to $30 an hour, nearly double the state's current minimum wage.
A California Highway Patrol was brought in to rescue a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion at Big Sur over the weekend.
Emotions ran high at a contentious school board meeting Saturday as the San Jose Unified School District weighed a proposal to close five elementary schools at the end of the academic year.
A boy riding an electric bicycle in San Jose died of his injuries after crashing the bicycle, police said.
Santa Clara was seeking its first tournament win since 1996, when future NBA MVP Steve Nash was a senior.
A Hayward police officer is suspected of unlawfully and knowingly accepting a $1,000 bribe and "free access to sex workers," the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said.
Sonoma County sheriff's deputies have made an arrest after a woman died following an attack inside a mobile home near Santa Rosa Wednesday evening.
The county says once funding is completed, construction could begin as soon as this fall, with completion sometime in 2028.
Marcus Ziemer, part of a Bay Area soccer coaching dynasty and longtime Sonoma State University men's soccer team head coach, died in Germany after a weekend accident.
In downtown Santa Rosa, shady spots with a place to sit and rest were commodities. But it was a quiet day for many businesses.
The driver of a vehicle that entered the water near the Sausalito Yacht Harbor was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.
It was a packed house at Sutter Health Park for the fifth battle between the Sacramento River Cats and the San Francisco Giants.
Stephen Curry will begin participating in full team practices in the coming days as he works back from a right knee injury that forced the Golden State Warriors star to miss his 21st straight game at Atlanta.
Stephen Curry will begin participating in full team practices in the coming days as he works back from a right knee injury that forced the Golden State Warriors star to miss his 21st straight game at Atlanta.
Christian Dvorak scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and added an assist, Dan Vladar made 24 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 to complete a three-game West Coast sweep.
Jalen Duren scored 23 points as the Detroit Pistons beat the Golden State Warriors 115-101 in a game missing two of the NBA's biggest stars.
A suspect was arrested after a man was found dead inside a Lafayette home on Saturday morning, police said.
Relatives of a family of four killed in a car crash in San Francisco are angry and disappointed by the sentence handed down to the driver on Friday afternoon.
The community of Foster City on the Peninsula announced that they have been hit by a cybersecurity breach and are planning to declare a state of emergency.
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A Northern California nanny was arrested and is facing felony charges after she allegedly abused a young child in her care at a park earlier this week.
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company.
The community of Foster City on the Peninsula announced that they have been hit by a cybersecurity breach and are planning to declare a state of emergency.
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Across San Jose, nearly 474 automated license plate reader cameras scan passing vehicles every day, capturing plate numbers, vehicle descriptions, and location.
The early-season heat wave gripping the Bay Area also means the allergy season is already kicking into high gear.
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Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
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The Trump administration began deploying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to some of the busiest airports in the country Monday morning.
At a Sunday morning ceremony, they unveiled a lasting tribute to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for delivering the funding to power its trains into the future.
President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will assist TSA agents at airports as delays and security staffing shortages continue to worsen.
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A man has been arrested and accused of a hate crime after a San Francisco church was vandalized over the weekend, police said.
A Yosemite park ranger was fired last year after helping to display a transgender pride flag from El Capitan.
After more than two years of renovations, the historic Castro Theatre is back open for business.
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A Chevron gas station in Menlo Park was empty on Sunday evening, with prices ranging from $7.49 to $7.89 per gallon.
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